In the present article the questions connected with the nature of suspended condemnation are considered. The legal nature of suspended condemnation hasn't found accurate reflection in the criminal code of the Russian Federation. The community of suspended condemnation with punishment is shown that it provides the purposes of punishment and contains a coercion element. The author adheres to a position that suspended condemnation is a specific form of a parole from punishment. At the application of suspended condemnation and parole the court considers the character and degree of public danger, existence of the softening and aggravating circumstances. Similarity of suspended condemnation and parole is expressed in: analogousnesses of punishments to which they are applied; release from punishments; similarity of a trial period and a term of unexpired part of punishment; accounting of the identity of the convict and establishment of duties; to cancellation of a trial period and a term of unexpired part of punishment.
